The Raiders are only missing four of their top squad for the clash with Melbourne, with Jarrod Croker (knee), Nathan Massey (Achilles), Drury Low (hamstring) and Haydon Hodge (knee) unavailable through injury. All four are expected to be fit for selection in round one, with Croker only set to miss the opening trial.

The only concern for the Raiders is David Shillington who missed the teams contact session yesterday with an infected elbow, with a decision to be made on his availability on Saturday.

Raiders Coach David Furner said the aim of the first trial is for the players to get valuable game time and said the squad would equally share the time on the field during the three 30 minute intervals.